借评论古代的人和事来影射讽刺现实。

use the past to disparage the present

闻：听到；风：风声，消息。一听到风声，就立刻起来响应。

go into action without delay

想回家的心情象射出的箭一样快。形容回家心切。

impatient to get back home

指经过的时间长。同“积年累月”。

Accumulate day by day, month by month

指日子长，时间久。

age-old after a long lapse of time time-worn with the passage of time

冰一样地消融，瓦一样地分解。比喻完全消失或彻底崩溃。

dissolve like ice/vanish form the scene

耨：除草。古代一种原始耕种方式。

Slash-and-burn farming and irrigated cultivation

作古：创始。由我创造。指不沿袭前人。

originate a method

和：和平；年：年成；丰：盛，多。风调雨顺，五谷丰登。

Times are harmonious and years abundant

孤、寡：古代帝王自称。指自封为王。也比喻狂妄地以首领自居。

style oneself king act like an absolute ruler

切：切合；中：恰好对上；弊：害处。指发表的言论正好击中当时社会的弊病。

cut into the present-day evils criticize the current social evils sharply cut into the present-day corrupt practices

飞、流：散布；短、长：指是非、善恶。指散播谣言，中伤他人。

spread rumours and malicious gossip

盛夏已过，寒冬将至。泛指时光流逝。

with the passage of time

厚：推崇，重视；薄：轻视，怠慢。推崇古代的，轻视现代的。多用于学术研究方面。

stress the past , not the present

指重视现代的，轻视古代的。犹厚今薄古。

Competing with the present and studying the past

指风雅之事久远流传。

Romantic to All Eternity

指光阴易逝。

The light of a young horse passes through a crack

早上出发晚上就能到达。形容路程不远或交通方便。

a short journey

踪：脚印。来时去时都看不见踪影。形容出没极为迅速或隐秘。

come and go without leaving a trace come and go mysteriously leaving no trace

猴、马：十二生肖之一。泛指未来的岁月。

impossible date